pale in comparison

基本解释

But those cases “pale in comparison from a pure quantitative perspective, ” he adds.
但他补充说，“从单纯的数据角度看”，这些事例与此事件“相比都暗然失色”。
While its processor and operating system pale in comparison with the humblest smartphone today, it set the stage for later, more successful portables, from the Kaypro to the first Compaq laptop.
它的处理器及操作系统和今天哪怕是最简单的智能手机相比较都相形见绌，但是它为以后更成功的便携式电脑打下了基础，包括Kaypro和第一台康柏笔记本电脑。
Even if the recession is entirely blamed on capitalism (and it deserves a good share of the blame), the recession-induced losses pale in comparison with the great accomplishments of earlier decades.
即使将衰退的责任完全归咎于资本主义（资本主义也确实应承担相当部分的指责），衰退带来的损失与之前几十年的巨大成就相比也显得苍白无力。

Though Oklahoma had the next wealthiest program in the Big 12, their numbers pale in comparison.
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The improving subscriber numbers remain pale in comparison to the recent sales of T or VZ.
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But these new subsidies pale in comparison to those Big Oil has been getting for years.
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to seem much less serious or important when compared with someone or something else